Old Ripley Township is one of nine

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in Bond County,

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 819 and it contained 356 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.98%) is land and (or 0.05%) is water.

Cities

* Old Ripley *

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(north edge)

Cemeteries

The township contains these seven cemeteries: Brown, File, Mitchell, Mount Nebo Old, New Mount Nebo, Robinson and Sugg Number 1.

Major highways

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* Illinois State Route 140

Airports and landing strips

* Nance Airport

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 819 people, 366 households, and 258 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 356 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 96.70%

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, 0.61%

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, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00%

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, 0.24% from other races, and 2.44% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.49% of the population. There were 366 households, out of which 38.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.58% were married couples living together, none had a female householder with no spouse present, and 29.51% were non-families. 26.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.22 and the average family size was 4.10. The township's age distribution consisted of 33.5% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.3 males. The median income for a household in the township was $81,250, and the median income for a family was $106,354. Males had a median income of $41,518 versus $29,063 for females. The

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for the township was $27,136. No families and 0.8% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

School districts

* Bond County Community Unit School District 2 * Highland Community Unit School District 5

Political districts

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* State House District 102 * State Senate District 51

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

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